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Who sells a tool rest base/banjo online?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Late last night I had my parting tool catch on the spur and my only tool rest base cracked and lost a piece, so now it is useless. I've now checked all the major sites; Penn state, woodcraft, rockler, woodturnerscatalogue, grizzly and amazon with no luck; only place that had one was oneway but I'll get a new lathe off craigslist before dropping 200+ on such as simple item. So does anyone have any clue on where to find a replacement, generic or otherwise for an old lathe?
 
#5 ·
Find a good welding shop that can properly furnace braze the parts back together. When done correctly the part will be as good as new and will be less expensive.
MIKE
 
#9 ·
Checked both those sites, don't have a modern equivalent part number, mine is ddl-171 which they list as out of stock.
Ebay is also out; I had to lose that account due to far to much compulsive spending.

I will try the local machine shop in town, didn't think cast iron could be welded.
 
#10 ·
Had Grizzly cast iron tool rest welded once twice.

http://www.owwm.org/viewforum.php?f=1
http://vintagemachinery.org/
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1141&tab=3

Have no idea where you live in NY, but went Craig's list and started in Albany tools thread and worked my way down the list to Catskills doing a SEARCH for wood lathe.

Check cities near you might have a tool rest base can use or new old lathe for not much money.

http://catskills.craigslist.org/search/tla?query=wood+lathe&srchType=A&zoomToPosting=&minAsk=&maxAsk=
 
#17 ·
Here's a thought if someone has access to a welder and some misc. tools. I guess you could say I made a banjo for a hollowing bridge I made. It's not fancy but it works and all it is is a piece of heavy flat steel for a base, a hollow that will accept the tool rest. Nut welded on and a toggle handle to hold them. The whole thing is attached to the bed via a big carriage bolt and a piece of plate steel with the whole thing is tightened down via a star nut.
It's not fancy but it does work and might be a working option till you can find a proper banjo.
 
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